EN 1.5113 Steel vs. Nickel 690
EN 1.5113 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5113 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 690.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 270 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 3.4 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 470 | |
| 180 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 540 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 900 | |
| 640 to 990 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 770 | |
| 250 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 96 | |
| 31 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 1570 | |
| 160 to 1440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 21 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 16 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 97.5 | |
| 7.0 to 11 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |